Myanmar's natural gas export hits 3.5 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months (Oct.-Aug.) of the fiscal year 2018-2019 ending September, according to a Xinhua report.

The natural gas export during the period increased by 430 million U.S. dollars compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.

Natural gas represents one of the major export items of Myanmar and over 20 percent of the country's export earnings came from the sale of natural gas.

There are several gas fields in Myanmar, of which Yadana and Yetagun were discovered in the early 1990s.